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A little something about Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi without doubt dominated the late '80s rock music scene with their catchy rock-pop style tunes. And for what it's worth, they were voted as the "#2 hairband of the 80's" as determined by VH1's recent countdown. The band was first started in 1983, when aspiring star John Bongiovi cut a demo at the famous NYC Powerstation studio. John's first 'hit' song was "Runaway" which became an instant local favorite. With this success, he decided on starting a permanent band. He recruited high school friend and keyboardist David Bryan Rashbaum, bassist Alec John Such, drummer Tico Torres and, eventually, guitarist Richie Sambora. Jon Bon Jovi's looks attracted immediate attention for the band, and he turned down the lucrative lead role in the dance movie Footloose in order to concentrate on his music. Their debut album preceded a headline tour and support slots with the Scorpions, Whitesnake and Kiss. Their second album, 7800 Degrees Fahrenheit, was greeted with cynicism by the music press, which was already hostile towards the band's manicured image and formularized heavy rock - this mediocre album only fuelled their scorn. Slippery When Wet was the biggest-selling rock album of 1987, although it originally appeared in August 1986. Slippery When Wet , a hugely successful and masterfully produced album sold over 10 million copies and stayed at #1 on the album charts for 8 weeks continuosly. In 1988, Bon Jovi returned with New Jersey, another succesful album which sold around 5 million copies worldwide. The rest of 1989 was spent on more extensive touring, before the band temporarily retired. As Jon Bon Jovi commented, it was time to "Ride my bike into the hills, learn how to garden, anything except do another Bon Jovi record." In 1990, Jon worked on the soundtrack for Young Guns 2 producing the hit song "Blaze of Glory". Although not as commercially successful, Richie Sambora also had a solo effort himself, releasing his Stranger in this Town album in 1991. Bon Jovi as a band have survived many years - this is why they deserve the top position as one of the best hairbands of all time. As you know, they're still around (sporting a more sleek, trimmed down look), and their latest hit single "It's My Life" has further established Bon Jovi's continuing success.



Lyrics featured below:"Livin' on a Prayer", "You give love a bad name", "Dead or Alive" , "Runaway"

Livin' on a Prayer

Once upon a time
Not so long ago
Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
He's down on his luck...it's tough, so tough
Gina works the diner all day
Working for her man, she brings hom her pay
For love - for love

She says, We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause it doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot

CHORUS:
Whoa, we're half way there
Whoa, livin' on a prayer
Take my hand and we'll make it - I swear
Whoa, livin' on a prayer

Tommy got his six string in hock
Now he's holding in what he used
To make it talk - so tough, it's tough
Gina dreams of running away
When she cries in the night
Tommy whispers, Baby it's okay, someday

We've got to hold on to what we've got
'Cause it doesn't make a difference
If we make it or not
We've got each other and that's a lot
For love - we'll give it a shot

CHORUS

We've got to hold on ready or not
You live for the fight when it's all that you've got

You give love a bad name

Shot through the heart, and your to blame,
darling you give love a bad name

An angel's smile is what you sell
You promise me heaven then put me through hell
Chains of love, got a hold on me
When passion's a prison you can't break free

You're a loaded gun ... yeah
There's nowhere to run
No-one can save me, the damage is done

Shot through the heart, and your to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name
You give love a bad name

You paint your smile on your lips
Blood red nails on your fingertips
A school boys dream, you act so shy
Your very first kiss was your first kiss goodbye

You're a loaded gun
There's nowhere to run
No-one can save me, the damage is done

Shot through the heart, and your to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name
You give love.....

Shot through the heart and your to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name

Shot through the heart and your to blame
You give love a bad name
I play my part and you play your game
You give love a bad name

You give love....
You give love a bad name
You give love....
You give love a bad name
You give love....
You give love a bad name

Dead or Alive


It's all the same
Only the names will change
Everyday
It seems we're wasting away
Another place
Where the faces are so cold
I'd drive all night
just to get back home

I'm a cowboy
On a steel horse I ride
I'm wanted
Dead or alive
Wanted, Dead or Alive

Sometimes I sleep
Sometimes its not for days
The people I meet
Always are going somewhere
Sometimes you tell the day
by the bottle that you drink
And times when you're alone
All you do is think

I walk these streets
With a six string on my back
I play for keeps
Cause I might not make it back
I've been everywhere
Still I'm standing in time
I've been a million places
And I've rocked them all
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Runaway

On the street where you live girls talk about their social lives.
They're made of lipstick, plastic and paint, a touch of sable in their
eyes.
All your life all you've asked when's your Daddy gonna talk to you.
You were living in another world tryin' to get your message through.

No one heard a single word you said.
They should have seen it in your eyes
what was going around your heart.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.

A different line every night guaranteed to blow your mind.
See you out on the streets, call me for a wild time.
So you sit home alone 'cause there's nothing left that you can do.
There's only pictures hung in the shadows left there to look at you.

You know she likes the lights at nights on the neon Broadway signs
She don't really mind,
it's only love she hoped to find.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.
Ooh, she's a little runaway.

No one heard a single word she said.
They should have seen it in your eyes
what was going around your heart.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast,
now she works the night away.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast
all those things he couldn't say.

Ooh, she's a little runaway.
Daddy's girl learned fast,
now she works the night away.